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History of Bradwell Juxta Mare (Bradwell on Sea)
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History of Bradwell Juxta Mare >> White's Directory 1848
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1848 directory is the 1851 census. There are a number of commercial providers of census returns. These include:
Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
My ancestor lived here at this time, but why aren't they listed here? Answer: Not everyone appeared in a trade directory. Please read our Trade Directories article
Thomas Bygrave, coal, etc., merchant and wharfinger
James Cant, wheelwright
Lieut. H.J. Carr, coast guard officer
James Cockett, custom house officer
John Coster, Esq., Bradwell Hall
William Dixey, victualler, King's Head
John Grimwood, sexton
John Hatch, master mariner
John Hewes, beer house
Henry Mason, carpenter
John May, parish clerk
Coppinger Robert Morgan, tailor
John Parker, victualler, Queen's Head
James Parker, barge owner
William Parker, shoemaker
James Phillips, ferryman
Joseph Poynter, saddler, etc.
Rev. Thomas Schreiber M.A., rector and rural dean, Rectory
Lemuel Schreiber, gentleman, Rectory
John Spurgin M.D., Orplands, and London
John Woolvet, oyster merchant and victualler, Green Man
Bakers.
Thomas Powl
George Turner
Blacksmiths.
George Knight
George Nunn
Farmers.
Thomas Adams
John Babbs
Thomas Bygrave
John Coster
Thomas Coster
James Dyke
James Hedgeley, New Hall
James Maskell, bailiff
John Parker
William Stowers
Joseph White
Grocers and Drapers.
James Babbs
Joseph Coster
William Harvey
Joshua Tovell Nix
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